Culinary implement.



M. R. CROWE.

CULlNARY IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1915.

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' CULINARY met-arres 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee.21,1915.

Application filed March 8', 1915.' .Serial No. 13,000.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET R. Cnown, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lucasville, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in culinaryimplements and has particular reference to a novel form of dough cutter.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple and eiiicientcutter which is particularly adapted for use in making noodles.

A more specific object is to provide a noodle cutter consistingessentially in a wire handle member, a plurality of disks which areconnected to rotate as an entirety when pushed by the handle member overthe dough, and a cleaner which is supported by I the handle in theproper relation to thecutter disks and is formed from a single length ofwire.

The above and other incidental objects are accomplished by such means asare illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claim whichis appended hereto and forms a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, andthroughout the several views of which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding'parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is afront elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the handle.

The implement, as embodied in the accompanying drawings, includesbroadly, a handle 10, a cutting element 11, and a cleaner 12.

The handle 10 is formed from a single length of relatively heavyresilient wire which is bent to produce a substantially rectangular bodyportion 13. The ends of the wire at the terminal of the body portion aretwisted longitudinally about each other to form the stem or shank lt.Beyond the end of this shank the two portions of wire are bent at rightangles and then outwardly,

as at 15 and are then bent as at 16 and 17, to

produce the parallel arms which, in connection with the members 15,constitute a substantially U-shaped frame, in which the cutting element11 is rigidly supported.

the cutting element heretofore designated as an entirety by the numeral11, consists of an axle 18, on which are mounted a plurality of circularcutters 19. These cutter disks 19 are held in parallel spaced relationto each other by means of spacer disks or washers 20. The members 19 and20 are bound together so that they will rotate as a unit on the axle 18by means of a pair of nuts 21. These nuts 21 are threaded on theterminals of the axle and are disposed to bear against the innerportions of the arms 16 and 17.

r The terminals of the axle are journaled in the eyelets 22 formed onthe terminals of the arms 16 and 17.

The cleaner bar is, as previously stated, formed from a single length ofwire. This wire is bent at a number of intermediate points to producethe substantially U-shaped fingers 23. The terminals of the Wire arebent to extend laterally as at 2% to provide means whereby the cleanerbar can be attached to the side arms 16 and 17 of the cutting holdingframe. ,One of the U-shaped finger members 23 is disposed between eachpair of cutter disks. The arms 'of each cleaning finger are spaced sucha distance that they will merely clear the cutter disks whereby anymaterial which may adhere to the disks will be engaged and dislodged.

Inreduction to practice, it has been found that the form of thisinvention illustrated in the drawings, and referred to in the abovedescription as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient andpractical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with theadoption of this device will necessarily vary,

it is desirable to emphasize the fact that I reserve to myself the rightto make various minor changes in the details of construction,

proportion and arrangements of the differ-,

a cleaner membef carried by the handle, said In testimony whereof Iherelinto afiix my.

cleaner member being formed from a single signature in the 'presenceeftwo Witnesses. length of Wire bent at a plurality, of inter- .i MARGARETR CROWE mediate points to produce a plurality of a 1spacedjsubstanti'ally U-shaped cleaning fin-V Witnesses; 'f a gers,there being a cleaning fingerinterpeserl MIARY E. WATKINS,

between each pair of cutter disks. MARVIN G. CLARK.

i Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing th 1 Commissiqnei 6f Patents,

Washington, D. c.

